She used to see these orcas every day. Now they’re gone.

Killer whale scientist Deborah Giles once saw the southern resident orcas in the waters off San Juan Island almost every day during the summer. Now, the whales are rarely here—largely because there isn’t enough food. Their absence is a warning sign that the ecosystem may no longer be healthy enough to sustain them.

As endangered southern resident killer whales fight for survival, federal funding cuts threaten the science working to save them. THE PROTECTORS is now streaming on Scientific American.

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